Loom-side protector.



n o. c. GQULE'T a; A. LAMARRE'.

y. LOOM SIDE PROTECTOR.

APPLIOATIQN FILED AUG. 1B, 1905.

` 924,451 Patented June 8, 1909.-

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OMER CYPRIEN GOULET AND ARTHUR LAMARRE, OF FALL RIVER, MASSACHUSETTS.

'LOOlVI-SIDE PROTECTOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 8, 1909.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, OMER CYPRIEN GoULET and ARTHUR LAMARRE, citizens ofthe United States, residing at Fall River, county of Bristol, andCommonwealth kof Massachusetts, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Loom-Side Protectors, of which the following is aspecification. v

This invention re-lates to the protection of cast iron frames andparticularly to the protection of the castings which form'the side of aloom. In this portion of'a loom structure great difculty is experienced'on account of the location in it of the box for the shaft and thenecessity of tightening this box in the loom side. The box, which isusually located in an opening in the casting, is ordinarily held inplace by wedges and to tighten it these wedges are hammered between thecasting and the box itself. This hammering has a tendency to crack theiron of the side, and in fact soon does crack it, and in a short timesuiiciently weakens the side so that it is necessary to replace the partwith a new one. lIt is to prevent this breaking of the side and the lossand delay incident thereto that the present invention has been devised.

The invention is a clamping member adapted to support the frame againstradial cracking and is provided with portions to support and secure thebox and hold it tightly in place without the necessity of wedges. Thestructure of this clamp will be more fully set forth in thespecifications which follow and are shown in the drawings which form apart thereof and in which,

Figure l. is an outside view of a frame with the protector in place.Fig. 2. is an inside view of the same.- Fig. 3. 1s an edge view of amodified form of protector., Fig. 4c. is a section on the'line 'oe-'00,Fig. 2, and, Fig. 5. is an inside view of the -protector shown in Fig.3. l

A is a frame of any type and is merely indicated as a conventionalizedform of the cast side frames usually employed on looms.

B is a box or journal for the shaft D is the loom side protectorconsisting of a plate E surrounded by an internal beveled rim F.

G is an inner rim rounded to correspond with the groove in the box B.which it supports.

I-I is a post which extends out from the plate E far enough to extendthrough the opening in the loom side. Its upper side has a surface kadapted to bear against the lug Z) on the box B to -press the box firmlyagainst the upper part of t-he opening and bind it in place.

The post H terminates in a threaded stem I which is threaded to receivea nut K which bears against the washer L. As indicated in Fig. 1 by thebolt head I1 the stem I may be omitted and the post I-I bored so thatthe lfastening can be put through as a separate In Figs. 1 and 2 theprotector is shown as integral but it is convenient in applying theprotector under some circumstances to have it made in -separate parts asindicated in Figs. 8 and 5. In these gures the parts D1 D2 are providedwith ears d which are held together by bolts all and nuts d2.

In applying the protector, if the loom is set up it is slipped on overthe shaft, or if the two part protector is used, it is merely boltedaround it. The protector is then brought up to the frame and forced overthe flange a of the frame A. The washer L is then applied on the insideand the nut K screwed on. y

What we therefore claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

l. The combination with a plate formin a supporting frame havin a flangeexten ing therefrom and an opening surrounded by said liange, of asecuring plate having a rim extending from the edge thereof, said rimbeing adapted to envelop and engage the flange on the supporting frame,means carried by the securing plate for tightly holding a box in theopening, and means for clamping the securing plate in place on thesupporting frame.

2. rIhe combination with a plate forming a supporting frame having aflange extending therefrom and an opening surrounded by said flange, ofa diametrically divided two part securing plate having a riin eXtend- Intestimony whereof, We have affixed om1 ing from the edge thereof andadapted to signatures in presence of tivo Witnesses. envelop and engagethe flange on the sup- OMER CYPRIEN GOULET. porting frame, means carriedby the secul- ARTHUR LAMARRE.

ing plate for tightly holding a box in the Titnessesz opening and Ineensfor clamping the seeur- LOUIS SERRANT,

ing plate on the supporting frame. JOSEPH LEONIDAS TONNIER.

